poetry


Karen K. Adams
African Angelus


Heather Thompson
Alessandro's Ascent


Daniel Gibbons
Autumnal


Cristina Montes
The Edge of the Sea


Shannon Berry
Ephphetha, that is, Be Opened


Karen K. Adams
Little Hours


Rosemarie Monge
May Showers


Amos Hunt
Night Crossing


Sarah DeCorla-Souza
Ordinary Time


J.B. Toner
The Play Continues


J.B. Toner
To Whom Much is Given


Daniel Gibbons
Villain, Elle?


Back to Mary Queen of Angels 2006

Night Crossing
Who then is this, whom even wind and sea
submit to for instruction, who shuts up
their elemental raging, interrupts
their wild destruction with authority?
What then is this authority, that made
us cross at night, without a stated cause,
without assurance that the thoughtless laws
of nature would not trump our brave crusade?
Where then is this crusade advancing to?
What fate can this most questionary man
be on his way to meeting in this poor
and questionable world? And once more, who,
and who, and who is this, who proves he can
sleep easily when death is at his door?

-Amos Johannes Hunt

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Amos Johannes Hunt is a graduate of St. Thomas More College.